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A prie-dieu (French: literally, "pray [to] God") is a type of prayer desk primarily intended for private devotional use, but which may also be found in churches. A similar form of chair in domestic furniture is called "prie-dieu" by analogy. [1] Sometimes, a prie-dieu will consist only of the sloped shelf for books without the kneeler.
The Missal, by John William Waterhouse (1902), depicts a woman kneeling on a prie-dieu, a piece of furniture with a built-in kneeler. A kneeler is a cushion (also called a tuffet, hassock, genuflexorium, or genuflectorium) or a piece of furniture used for resting in a kneeling position during Christian prayer.
John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath was buried in Bampton Church in Devon, in which he had endowed a chantry.Although part of an elaborate chest tomb survives in the church, it is according to Pevsner that of his grandmother Thomasine Hankford (d.1453), heiress of Bampton, wife of William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407–1470). [10]
[O]nly two memorials have so far been set in place within the structure. These are a lectern and a prie-dieu, or prayer desk and bench, to be used by the priest during the services. They are carved in wood and are the work of Ernest Maene. The lectern is covered with an intricate design of which the outstanding elements are delicately carved ...
The open book on a small prie-dieu is a familiar symbol of Christ, the "word [of God] made flesh" (John 1:14) and the Christ child gestures toward the book to signal his identity. The "pavilion" is a reference to the same verse in Gospel of John: "The word became flesh and dwelt among us."
Papenhoven completed many commissions in Antwerp including a wooden prie-dieu in Antwerp Cathedral and various statues of saints, biblical figures and angels in the outdoor Calvary at St. Paul's Church, Antwerp. A terracotta modello of one of these statutes is in the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. He also ...
A Southern California business owner convinced victims to invest in his companies, claiming he could detect Covid-19 based on video, and then made lavish purchases, prosecutors said.
On the side of the prie-dieu is an escutcheon showing the arms of Fortescue (Azure, a bend engrailled argent cotised or) impaling Chichester Small chest tomb (foreground) in Atherington Church, Devon, of Sir Arthur Basset (1541–1586) of Umberleigh and his wife Eleanor Chichester, daughter of Sir John Chichester (died 1569) of Raleigh.
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